California Moves to Ban Silica Countertops
The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board voted unanimously last week to fast-track an emergency rule that would ban…
11 Presumed Dead in Paper Plant Tank Implosion: What We Know
At least eight workers are now confirmed dead, and firefighters believe there are three more bodies they have yet to…
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Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety and Health
Next OSHA Inspection: The Fifth of Never We recently summarized the findings of the AFL-CIO’s 2026 Death on the Job…
Tony Mazzocchi Centennial Conference: June 4-5
Ask almost anyone active in the workplace health and safety movement who’s around my age about what inspired them to…
Workers Memorial Day 2026
I was traveling abroad over Workers Memorial Day this year, so I missed the nation world-wide commemoration that will dwarf…
Friday Night Massacre at Mine Safety Review Commission
Trump political retribution and the ghost of DOGE (remember that?) are still alive and finally reaching down into the smallest…
OSHA Weakens Heat Emphasis Program While Virginia Commits to a Standard
It’s that time of year and it’s starting to get hot out there. Lacking any noticeable progress on an enforceable…
Trump to Workers: Drop Dead. And Do It Faster
Welcome to Groundhog Day 2027. Last year, Donald Trump, that shell of a man living in the soon-to-be half demolished…
OSHA CARES: About the Boss
Let’s do some philosophizing and theorizing. Deep thoughts like: why does OSHA exist, how is it working out for workers…
Republicans Try to Impose Death Sentence on Silica Countertop Workers
A very new, yet very old and always deadly health specter is haunting American workers: acute silicosis. It’s not your…